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Langley Mill to Melton Mowbray
Episode 15 of 25
Michael Portillo learns the secrets of stilton cheese and finds out how trains transformed the traditional British sport of fox hunting.
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. He travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains, as his journey follows some of the earliest railways in the country from Newcastle to Melton Mowbray.
Michael learns the secrets of stilton cheese, finds out how trains transformed the traditional British sport of fox hunting and attempts to make an authentic Melton Mowbray pork pie.
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Tue 25 Nov 2014
20:00
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Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Michael Portillo |
Series Producer | Fiona Caldwell |
Executive Producer | Charlie Bunce |
Broadcasts
- Fri 21 Jan 2011 18:3091热爆 HD & 91热爆 Two
- Sat 22 Jan 2011 01:3091热爆 HD
- Wed 25 May 2011 02:50
- Fri 22 Jul 2011 18:3091热爆 HD & 91热爆 Two
- Fri 22 Jun 2012 18:3091热爆 HD & 91热爆 Two
- Wed 12 Sep 2012 19:30
- Thu 13 Sep 2012 00:40
- Wed 27 Feb 2013 19:30
- Wed 11 Jun 2014 19:30
- Fri 12 Sep 2014 16:45
- Tue 25 Nov 2014 20:00
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